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S08054 Summary:

BILL NOS08054B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08232-B

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3502, Pub Health L

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Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities; establishes alternative methods of screening.

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BILL NOS08054B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/20/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 8054A

05/22/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/22/2026PRINT NUMBER 8054B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8054--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BASKIN, HARCKHAM, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to body scanners in
 state-operated facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a), subpara-
 2 graphs (i) and (iii) of paragraph (c), paragraph (e) and the opening
 3 paragraph and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of
 4 section 3502 of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of part
 5 LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 6 (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other
 7 provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, licensed practi-
 8 tioners, persons licensed under this article and unlicensed personnel
 9 employed at a state correctional facility, a secure treatment facility
 10 operated by the office of mental health or the office for people with
 11 developmental disabilities as defined in subdivision (o) of section
 12 10.03 of the mental hygiene law, or a forensic psychiatric center as
 13 referenced in section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law may, in a manner
 14 permitted by the regulations promulgated pursuant to this subdivision,
 15 utilize body imaging scanning equipment that applies ionizing radiation
 16 to humans for purposes of screening individuals detained in, committed
 17 to, visiting, or employed in such facility, in connection with the
 18 implementation of such facility's security program.
 19 (iii) The utilization of such body imaging scanning equipment shall be
 20 in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department, or for
 21 local correctional facilities in cities having a population of two
 22 million or more, such utilization shall be in accordance with regu-
 23 lations promulgated by the New York city department of health and mental

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11801-05-6

 S. 8054--B 2

 1 hygiene. The state commission of correction, in consultation with the
 2 department of corrections and community supervision, shall promulgate
 3 regulations establishing when body imaging scanning equipment will be
 4 used to screen visitors and incarcerated individuals in state correc-
 5 tional facilities. The office of mental health and the office for people
 6 with developmental disabilities shall promulgate regulations establish-
 7 ing when body scanning equipment will be used to screen visitors and
 8 clients in secure treatment facilities as defined in subdivision (o) of
 9 section 10.03 of the mental hygiene law and forensic psychiatric centers
 10 as referenced in section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law operated by such
 11 agencies. Such regulations shall include provisions establishing that
 12 alternative methods of screening may be used to accommodate individuals
 13 who decline or are unable to be screened by body imagi